I believe a gun is bound to malfunction at some point, no matter what kind it is... there is a reason we train. We train to clear malfunctions quickly.. and effectively.. not just train to fire the weapon.

I do not carry a bug... I carry a knife... which is my last ditch line of defense short of running away.. which generally would be my first choice if its there for the taking.

I also don't believe in carrying a recently cleaned gun. I will practice with my carry gun.. break it down.. clean it... shoot about 5 more magazines through it to insure proper function after being taken apart and handled... then it will be good to carry.

I put it in the gun safe and complain about it every time someone starts a thread on that model.

It's funny cause it's true .

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Know the status of your weapon
Keep your muzzle oriented so that no one will be hurt if the firearm discharges
Keep your finger off the trigger until you have an adequate sight picture
Maintain situational awareness

The pistol is only as good as its weakest point. For my glock, the plastic guide rod. I bought a steel guide rod. It works ok but it no longer sits on the night stand or on rides my hip. The HKP2000sk rides the hip, M&P watches the house. Again, I have a HK, they dont jam. Glock perfection? I would like a moment for rebutale!

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"I do not fear the man that practices ten thousand kicks one time, I fear the man that practices one kick ten thousand times." Bruce Lee

I ask because I just had 3 stove pipes in my Glock 19 4th Gen. Started happening on my last round of every magazine I had towards the end of my range session. Also around this same time..even with a perfect 100% & 100% tight grip and very well placed shots at 7-10 yards. The brass was ejecting at my face quite frequently.

I have found no matter how many trouble free rounds I shoot through a gun, after a malfunction I can never trust it.

As for Glocks, I have yet to own one built after mid 2009 that has been reliable. Glock used to be "perfection" and then someone apparently tried to fix something that wasn't broken, I guess. I'm not really sure what they changed but something did change.

That said I have had two revolvers lock up on me so I can't necessarily say I trust a revolver just because it's a revolver like some have stated early on in this thread.

I have had all sorts of brand name guns malfunction on me, so I don't just trust a gun just because of it's name either. I only trust a gun if it has proven reliable through some solid range visits and various "tests" if you will.

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I'd rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.

"If gun owners are as violent as anti-gunners said we are, there wouldn't be any anti's left"

All autos can and will experience a malfunction at some point. When someone says they have never experienced a malfunction, I take them at their word, but I wonder exactly how much and how often they shoot. I also am curious as to whether or not they shoot one-handed as well as with their support hand.

Firing an auto from a good stable stance is very different from firing one-handed at a funky angle, which is how a real SD situation may go down.

I think it's better to actually experience the occasional malfunction in a range environment. Then you'll know what to do if it happens for real.

Lol...I'm the cleanest gun owner I know. I detail strip and clean every gun I shoot. Even with only 7rds down the barrel.

Lol I am the cleanest, I use tooth pics, dental pics, q-tips, to help me aid in cleaning. I spend about 1hour and a half on a gun. I use dental/tooth pics to place small clothes in the ejector area so I can clean it from grit. Every little crack is cleaned.

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Has Taurus really spent more on shipping customers their firearms back to them than actual sales?

Lol I am the cleanest, I use tooth pics, dental pics, q-tips, to help me aid in cleaning. I spend about 1hour and a half on a gun. I use dental/tooth pics to place small clothes in the ejector area so I can clean it from grit. Every little crack is cleaned.

No worries, you can be as equally inclined to clean as me, but you won't beat me. lol I'm happy you're probably the same way. Glocks for example? I always detail strip and clean every part.

Can you elaborate a bit about why you like XTP bullets? (This isn't a rhetorical or argumentative question ... I REALLY want to know ... Underwood uses both XTP's and Gold Dots in his cartridges, and I'm trying to choose between them, for my 10mm 1911).

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